Brett Dennen

Northern California singer and guitarist Brett Dennen made a nice impression on the Marina Stage crowd at the XPoNential Music Festival this past summer.

But he didn't come out of nowhere; the redheaded songwriter from Oakdale has been an active musician for nearly a decade, releasing five studio albums including the new Smoke and Mirrors, which came out on Tuesday via Atlantic Records. The album has been praised for it's back-to-the-basics sound and soul-searching lyrics, which you can hear in action when Dennen plays Free at Noon on November 1st.